NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman discusses the development of President Trump's Space Academy. Isaacman shares updates on Space Force expansion, space weapons technology, and NASA's plans for utilizing artificial intelligence.
SpaceX is targeting Wednesday, September 16 for a Falcon 9 launch of the USSF-259 mission from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The four-hour launch window opens at 6:00 p.m. PT. This will be the 13th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Sentinel-6B, Twilight, NROL-172, Transporter-17, and eight Starlink missions. Following stage separation, the first stage will land on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship, which will be stationed in the Pacific Ocean. Watch 24/7 live news with CNN Headlines: https://bit.ly/4eIvlTr #News #space
A peer-reviewed study warns that the moon's finite water ice reserves would run dry in as little as two years for a million-person city without recycling, a reality check aimed squarely at SpaceX's ambitious lunar colonization plans. Astronomers Martin Elvis and Jonathan McDowell published their findings in the journal Frontiers in Space Technologies, and the […] The post Lunar water supply could limit moon settlements to small outposts, new research finds appeared first on American Almanac .
A peer-reviewed study warns that the moon's finite water ice reserves would run dry in as little as two years for a million-person city without recycling, a reality check aimed squarely at SpaceX's ambitious lunar colonization plans. Astronomers Martin Elvis and Jonathan McDowell published their findings in the journal Frontiers in Space Technologies, and the numbers cut against the grand visions of sprawling lunar metropolises that have dominated space policy conversations in Washington and Silicon Valley alike. Even under the most optimistic water estimates, a large settlement would face hard physical limits that no amount of federal spending or private-sector enthusiasm can wish away. The study lands at a moment when both NASA and…Open
A peer-reviewed study from the German Aerospace Center reports that Mercury has lost up to 14 miles of diameter over its lifetime, roughly 30 percent more contraction than scientists previously measured. Researchers led by Gaku Nishiyama, a planetary scientist affiliated with Hokkaido University in Japan, compared maps of geologic faults and contraction features against surface […] The post Mercury is shrinking faster than anyone realized, new study finds appeared first on American Almanac .
A peer-reviewed study from the German Aerospace Center reports that Mercury has lost up to 14 miles of diameter over its lifetime, roughly 30 percent more contraction than scientists previously measured. Researchers led by Gaku Nishiyama, a planetary scientist affiliated with Hokkaido University in Japan, compared maps of geologic faults and contraction features against surface roughness data built from NASA's Messenger spacecraft imagery . What they found was straightforward: the roughest patches of Mercury's battered surface showed far fewer of the wrinkle-like ridges that signal planetary shrinkage. The reason, the team concluded, is that billions of years of asteroid and comet impacts buried those ridges under debris, hiding the true…Open
SpaceX will attempt to launch its Falcon 9 rocket for a classified mission for the US Space Force. The three-hour launch window opens at 8:37am Pacific/11:37am Eastern. The mission, the 27th flight for this particular first stage booster, is designated USSF-153 and will launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Following stage separation, the first stage is expected to land on a drone ship stationed in the Pacific Ocean. Watch 24/7 live news with CNN Headlines: https://bit.ly/4eIvlTr #SpaceX #Launch #News
Researchers want to explore the idea that microscopic particles shed by alien civilizations have accumulated on the lunar surface, making it an archive of extraterrestrial technology.
A private spacecraft that was supposed to save NASA's sinking Swift Observatory has managed to come within nine miles of the doomed spacecraft and even snap pictures
Every Friday, CNN Meteorologist Dakota Smith looks at the most interesting things weather satellites observed on our planet. Download the CNN Weather app on iOS to see more.
The conjoined spacecraft known as BepiColombo could enter orbit in November before splitting from each other in December to study the entire planet from different altitudes.
The conjoined spacecraft known as BepiColombo could enter orbit in November before splitting from each other in December to study the entire planet from different altitudes.Open
The story of Nancy Grace Roman, the pioneering astronomer whose namesake telescope is now headed a million miles into space.